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Egypt’s House of Representatives approved on Monday, December 2, a Memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the European Union, securing a €1 billion financial support mechanism aimed at stabilizing the Egyptian economy and bolstering the national budget, according to the Ministry of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation. This funding is part of a broader €7.4 […]
Farhat Bin Qadara, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Oil Corporation (NOC), revealed on December 2 that a staggering 70% of Libya’s land remains unexplored, underscoring the vast untapped potential within the country’s oil sector. This revelation came during a series of workshops in Cairo, organized in collaboration with the US Department […]
Moroccan-French relations and partnership are gaining momentum in all strategic sectors after Paris has voiced clear support for Morocco’s sovereignty over its southern provinces, recognizing the autonomy plan as the “ONLY” basis for a solution to the Sahara regional dispute. On Monday, the Moroccan-French Joint Military Commission held its 22nd meeting in Rabat under the […]
Many micro and small businesses, as well as ordinary citizens, had been eagerly awaiting this announcement, which came on Monday December 2, from MP Yassine Mami. The elected official confirmed the approval of a bill establishing a tax and customs amnesty for 2025. The Assembly of People’s Representatives (ARP) passed a series of provisions granting […]
Eight Tuareg rebel leaders have reportedly been killed by drone strikes on a town in Mali’s north that was carried out by the country’s military regime at a time when the Tuareg factions were discussing how to form a united military and political structure. “Several synchronized drone strikes martyred some Azawad leaders on 1 December […]
Outgoing US president Joe Biden arrived in Angola on Monday (2 December) for his long-awaited inaugural presidential visit to the continent and also the first-ever visit by a sitting US head of state to the oil-rich southern African country. On his way to the African continent, Biden stopped in the Atlantic Ocean island nation of […]
South Africa became the first African country to take over the G20 presidency on Sunday (1 December), which may also be the most challenging yet amid growing global political instability and shifting world order. As the first African country ever to lead the forum, Pretoria said that while it aims to focus on issues such […]
Namibia’s female vice president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah from the ruling SWAPO party leads — as widely expected — in early results in the presidential election marred by significant problems, amid rising tensions as opposition parties denounce its outcome, seeking legal action. Plagued by significant technical issues, including ballot shortages and other problems, Namibia’s presidential election was […]
The latest East African Community (EAC) summit at the weekend focused, among other issues, on the resolution of two conflicts that are threatening the stability of the region — the dispute between Ethiopia and Somalia and the unabated violence by rebel groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kenya’s President William Ruto has said […]
Senegal on Sunday (1 December) commemorated the 80th anniversary of a colonial-era massacre of African soldiers who were gunned down by French troops even though they had fought for France during World War II. The Senegalese soldiers were massacred by the French at Thiaroye in 1944 simply for demanding fair treatment and payment on their […]